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CanadaEmanuel Navarete Is Story of the Year
Tom Penney knows there are plenty of sad tales to tell in the sphere of pro boxing. But an underdog rising up, as Emanuel Navarete did,...
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WorldwideJoshua vs. Povetkin: A Breakdown
Heavyweight boxing is back on DAZN this Saturday in Wembley Stadium, as mostly unified champion Anthony Joshua looks to bump off one of the ghosts...
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Worldwide
Andrade v. Saunders: Who Ya Got?
A tweet from Eddie Hearn seems to indicate that Demetrius Andrade and Billy Joe Saunders are forgoing a purse bid and will fight, likely in...
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Worldwide
A Conversation with Kali Reis
I had the good fortune this weekend to speak with Kali Reis, who many of you will know from her HBO debut in which she...
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Worldwide
Jermall Charlo v Danny Jacobs: What Would That Look Like?
While the boxing world – and the mainstream sporting audience – awaits the next chapter in the Canelo versus Golovkin saga, a fight that is...
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Worldwide
The Dangers of Playing It Safe: Golovkin vs Martirosyan
Gennady Golovkin is the best middleweight in the world right now. There are fighters such as Jermall Charlo and Demetrius Andrade who will soon be...
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Worldwide
A Coronation or an Execution? Bivol Meets Barrera
Fights take place on two planes. First, there is the ring wherein fighters actually fight one another. This part takes place in a vacuum, where...
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Worldwide
Oleksandr Teslenko: DiBella’s New Big Boy
A while ago, I teased an profile of Oleksandr Teslenko, who I learned goes by Sasha and is an absolute delight. I had the opportunity...
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Worldwide
David Benavidez Takes an Important Step Forward
What follows is a list of things you would absolutely not want in a boxing match, should you be trying to win: A broken hand, another...
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Worldwide
Stylistic Perfection Roy Jones Retires and Boxing Loses a Master of Style
Do you remember the first time you watched Roy Jones? For me, it was sometime in 2004 or 2005, when he was in the midst of...
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Worldwide
PENNEY’S THOUGHTS: Atlas Says GGG’s Over-rated.. YES? If Not, Is He WASHED?
You know the story. Gennady Golovkin, a deeply feared, avoided, and unknown champion comes to America to train under Abel Sanchez, who turns him into...
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WorldwideMurat Gassiev Looks To Be Complete
There are at any given time, a handful of truly complete fighters in world. These are the fighters that aren’t just in the conversation as...
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Worldwide
Murat Gassiev vs Yunier Dorticos Preview
We last saw Russian cruiserweight Murat Gassiev when he was standing victorious over a completely outclassed Krzysztof Wlodarcyzk. On Saturday night, he’ll be facing a...
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Worldwide
Lucas Matthysse vs Tewa Kiram: If Not Now Then Never
Here’s the scoop, friends. Lucas Matthysse is in that place a lot of fighters find themselves eventually. He’s not old per say, but no one is...
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Worldwide
Errol Spence and the Problem with Having Power
I missed the Robert Easter vs Javier Fortuna debacle (I’m being told it was a debacle from the weigh-in until the fight ended) so I’ll save...
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WorldwideDon’t Get Your Hopes Up for a Thurman vs. Spence Fight
Errol Spence is fighting Lamont Peterson this Saturday, in the first big event on the calendar in 2018. Keith Thurman, the other young undefeated champion...
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Japan
The Heavyweight Division is Weak…Good!
Who is the best heavyweight right now? The division, for years, could be generously described as mediocre and accurately described as dreadfully weak. That makes the...
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Worldwide
Will We See Growth in David Benavidez?
In his last fight, where he won the vacant WBC super-middleweight title, David Benavidez looked supremely ordinary against Romanian Ronald Gavril. He won a split...
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Australia
How Good is Dmitry Bivol?
Dmitry Bivol was last seen brutalizing an Australian fighter, Trent Broadhurst, who was recovering from a lacerated liver. As you might imagine, a boxer may...
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Worldwide
Previewing Our First Big Fight of 2018: Counting Down To Spence-Peterson
The Fight: Errol Spence Jr. takes on Lamont Peterson in the first defense of Spence’s IBF welterweight title. The fight will take place in the suddenly...
